Installing Win7 64-bit on 2011 Macbook Air

This video shows you step by step how to wipe OS X Lion from your 2011 Macbook Air and install Windows 7.

I use the 64-bit Professional version and it works fantastically! Everything is super responsive and smooth, and it's perfect for such a light-weight notebook with very good battery life (up to 5 and a half hours for browsing with WiFi and Bluetooth on, I've discovered with mine).

My Macbook Air (MBA for short) 2011 specs: 11.6" i5 with 4GB RAM / 128GB.

Detailed specs:
CPU: Intel i5-2467M Dual-Core with Hyperthreading.
RAM: 4GB of DDR3-1333Mhz.
Storage: 128GB Samsung SSD.
Screen: Samsung LCD Display - 1366x768 resolution.
Backlit Keyboard.
2x USB 2.0 ports
1x Thunderbolt port
802.11n WiFi
Bluetooth 4.0 (very low-power, less battery drain)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Apple
• 2011
• Macbook
• Air
• install
• Windows
• 64
• bit
• tutorial
• computer

[Spencerrocks222]

You accent is so much nicer to listen to then the other videos :)

[iPhone4au]

@Spencerrocks222 - Ummm... thanks.

[robinm44in]

@iphone4au can u please tell me why you deleted your mac os lion & then installed windows 7 on the system.

i am interested in buying a macbook air & installing windows 7 on a different partition.

can you please tell me what to do for that....

[iPhone4au]

@robinm44in - I don't support Mac OS so I can't help you with that, sorry...

[Nintendid]

Why did you wipe out Lion?

I don't mind putting Windows 7 on my Mac, I'm using youtube trying to figure out how to do so without having the Mac OS install DVD, but deleting Lion seems suicidal to me.

[iPhone4au]

@Nintendid - Each to their own. It's like asking Steve Jobs why he let Microsoft help save Apple when it was nearly bankrupt. And then again, why Apple ditched Motorola and went to Intel...

[Nintendid]

@iPhone4au I agree with you there. I'm trying to find out if I need an actual disc/USB for OS Lion to maintain it while boot camping, do I need one?

Also, do you just put the Windows7 Iso on the USB/Harddrive and connect it to the Mac while installing Windows and the PC reads it like a CD?

[crazyracer12678]

I don't know why this guy is soo stupid to put win 7 on Mac oh well not my problem it's not my Mac XD

[MrMacfanboy]

@thecomputerman0001 In bootcamp, download the windows drivers, partition the drive then restart. When it restarts, it then should go to the installation screen after a few seconds from it turning on so make sure your disk drive is connected or you have you memory stick inserted with the windows 7 installation files (memory stick only works with the 2011 model, not 2010 MBA or older. You have the option to make this memory stick in the bootcamp menu).

[thecomputerman0001]

How to make dualboot OS X Lion and Windows 7?

[SuperSummersm]

can i remove osx lion and reinstall osx snowleopard 10.6

[MrRozebud]

Perfect, just what i was looking for thank you very much for posting! (...now to get rid of my clients Apple OS).